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Re: Delphi Hypercard Digest Vol 1 #2

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On Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at 10:45:53 AM UTC-8, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> Delphi Hypercard Digest Vol 1 #2
> January 19, 1987
> Subjects:
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24309)
> FOND of HyperCard
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24309)
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24309)
> RE: Hyper-Hackers Digest V1 #6 (Re: Msg 24307)
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24407)
> ResCopy.sit in the database
> re: HyperCard Text Bug? (Re: Msg 24706)
> RE: re: Hypercard misfeature (I claim bu (Re: Msg 24722)
> HyperCard/Easy Access mismatch
> RE: HyperCard/Easy Access mismatch (Re: Msg 24740)
> -----------------------------------
> 24362 20-DEC 03:18 Network Digests
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24309)
> From: DDUNHAM To: CHUQ (NR)
> 
> > From: ra...@thunder.UUCP (Alan Day)
> > Subject: How to "go to directory with APPL"
> 
> The globals SFSaveDisk and CurDirStore are the negative of the disk and the
> dirID of the folder to which standard file will open.
> -----------------------------------
> 24339 19-DEC 13:44 Bugs & Features
> FOND of HyperCard
> From: BRECHER To: ALL
> 
> HyperCard draws its tool palette symbols and special mouse pointer symbols
> by using a private font that is in the HyperCard application. Unfortunately,
> HyperCard lacks a "FOND" resource for its font. The result is that if there
> any other font online which has the same font ID number as HyperCard's, then
> that other font will be used (possibly after scaling to a 12-point size) to
> draw HyperCard's symbols. The symbols will then look like letters, or just
> be unrecognizeable.
> 
> This problem is not related directly to Suitcase, but Suitcase users are
> more likely to have many fonts online and thus more likely to have a
> font which conflicts with HyperCard's font.
> 
> The solution is to provide a FOND resource for HyperCard. This can be
> done with ResEdit and Font/DA Mover as follows:
> 
> 1. Open ResEdit.
> 2. Open the HyperCard application file.
> 3. Select (click on) the FONT resource type.
> 4. Choose the Open General command from the File menu.
> 5. Select (click on): FONT ID=31756
> 6. Choose Get Info from the File menu.
> 7. Type the name: HC Font
> 8. Close the Info window.
> 9. Choose New from the File menu; this will cause a new FONT resource to
> appear in the list, and the new FONT will be pre-selected.
> 10. Choose Get Info from the File menu.
> 11. Type the name: HC Font
> 12. Type a Tab to move the cursor to the ID field.
> 13. Type the number: 31744
> 14. Close the Info window.
> 15. Choose Quit from the File menu; when asked whether to save the changes,
> click Yes.
> 16. Open Font/DA Mover.
> 17. Click the Close button at the lower left.
> 18. While holding down the Option key, click the Open... button at the
> lower left.
> 19. If necessary, navigate through disks/folders to the HyperCard
> application.
> 20. Select the HyperCard application and click Open.
> 21. Click the Open... button at the lower right.
> 22. Click the New button.
> 23. Type the name: HC Font File
> 24. Click the Create button, or type the Return key
> 25. Click on "HC Font" in the left list.
> 26. Click the >> Copy >> button.
> 27. Click on "HC Font" in the right list.
> 28. Click the << Copy << button.
> 29. Click the Quit button.
> 30. The HC Font File in the HyperCard application folder, which was
> created during the above procedure, can be deleted.
> 
> Note: this same problem -- a private application font that lacks a FOND
> resource -- is present in some other applications, i.e., SuperPaint and
> MacPaint (also, I've been told, FullPaint). The same procedure can be
> applied to these other applications. However, the ID numbers in steps
> 5 and 13 may well be different. To get the number to be used in step
> 13, take the number in step 5 (which is displayed by ResEdit), divide
> it by 128, discard the remainder or fractional part, and then multiply
> by 128. The names "HC Font" and "HC Font File" used above can be any
> names you like, as long as the names used in steps 7 and 11 are the same.
> -----------------------------------
> 24402 21-DEC 22:10 Network Digests
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24309)
> From: BMUG To: CHUQ (NR)
> 
> > From: ra...@thunder.UUCP (Alan Day)
> > Subject: How to "go to directory with APPL"
> > ... present the
> > standard SFDialog box ALREADY AT THE DESIRED DIRECTORY...
> >
> 
> Alan -
> 
> Try the XCMD that is part of "Miscellaneous XCMDs & XFCN's", by Dewi Williams
> (DEWI on Delphi). It includes one that sets the default directory for
> SFGetfiles, et al, as well as lots of neat goodies, including MultiFinder
> sublaunching.
> 
> -- Raines Cohen
> BMUG HyperCard Scripting SIG
> 
> -----------------------------------
> 24407 21-DEC 23:26 Network Digests
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24309)
> From: BMUG To: CHUQ (NR)
> 
> > From: d...@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
> > Subject: Re: MacII 'snd ' resources
> > Date: 23 Nov 87 14:41:16 GMT
> > > Is there a utility available that will convert MacII snd resources
> > > into SoundCap sound files or HyperCard sounds? I've got a whole bunch of
> > > really neat sounds, but I can't play them on my MacPlus!
> > HyperCard sounds are 'SND ' resources. All you need to do is paste in those
> > Mac II sound resources to use them in HyperCard. As far as SoundCap/SoundWave
> > files go, there are public domain and shareware converter utilities available
> > on the various nets.
> 
> No, HyperCard 'snd ' resources are NOT the same as Mac II control panel 'snd '
> resources. The PD XCMD "ResCopier 2.78 beta", by Steve Maller, WILL convert
> them to HyperCard form, if needed, sometimes (not totally reliably).
> 
> -- Raines Cohen
> BMUG HyperCard Scripting SIG
> 
> -----------------------------------
> 24403 21-DEC 23:09 Network Digests
> RE: Hyper-Hackers Digest V1 #6 (Re: Msg 24307)
> From: BMUG To: CHUQ (NR)
> 
> > From: John Lawler <J.AI...@CHIP.UChicago>
> > Subject: Fast searching in Hypercard
> > [Wanted: ] ... a FAST (this stack
> > will eventually have many hundreds of card in it) routine to find and
> > list all the hits for that search. Has anyone figured out some way to
> > do this, either in Hypertalk or by using an XCMD?
> 
> John -
> 
> What have you tried? Does a normal FIND command, given a particular
> field to munch on and at least three characters, not work fast enough?
> 
> Probably what you'll end up doing is building some sort of organization to the
> stack that allows "educated guesses", like sorting by Alpha order, so you start
> near the middle if "M" is what you're looking for, or systems of indexes
> to optimize the most common searches.
> 
> > I've got Raine Cohen's hypertext routine
> 
> That's RAINES Cohen, thank you. (:->) Do you have the "BMUG HyperText trick",
> the one that uses the command key? I like it better.
> 
> > but here's my problem: the field
> > that the hits would show up in is too narrow for the entire title to
> > fit in one line, so it wraps around. Fine, except I'd like to disable
> > to wraparound so that each line has only one title. ...
> 
> Try either making the field VERY wide, wider than the longest item, and
> covering
> up with an opaque field or button, OR, if you want the scrollbar handy,
> use scripting to copy just the first "n" chars of each line over to the new
> field.
> 
> Good Luck!
> 
> -- Raines Cohen
> BMUG HyperCard SIG
> -----------------------------------
> 24412 22-DEC 03:50 Network Digests
> RE: Unix Hypercard Digest V1 #8 (Re: Msg 24407)
> From: HAMMEN To: BMUG (NR)
> 
> For a much nicer utility, check out the Sound Mover Package I just uploaded to
> the libraries here. It's got a program similar to the Font/DA Mover for moving
> around snd resources, a program to convert the standard MacNifty sound files
> into whichever snd format you desire, and a cdev that lets the Plus/SE choose
> snd resources for system beeps. Robert
> 
> -----------------------------------
> 24453 25-DEC 00:23 HyperCard
> ResCopy.sit in the database
> From: STEVEMALLER To: JEFFS
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> PLEASE delete version 3.44Beta of ResCopy IMMEDIATELY! It has a horrible bug and
> I'd hate to see anyone else find out! It is now fixed and the new version is
> uploaded (4.0b1 - note NORMAL version numbers now!).
> 
> For all you lurkers, DO NOT download version 3.44Beta of ResCopy XCMD. The new
> version will be posted in a day or so...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve Maller
> Apple Computer
> -----------------------------------
> 24723 11-JAN 21:11 Network Digests
> re: HyperCard Text Bug? (Re: Msg 24706)
> From: DDUNHAM To: CHUQ (NR)
> >From: pol...@usfvax2.UUCP (xx Pollock)
> >Subject: HyperCard Text Bug?
> HyperCard definitely has some strange ideas of where to break words. It will
> break a possessive if you're aesthetic enough to use curved quotes. Bill has
> replaced the standard TextEdit routine with one of his own, possibly for
> 2clicking in the script editor (where you wouldn't want to include the parens).
> I don't like it in the field editor.
> -----------------------------------
> 24725 12-JAN 02:20 Network Digests
> RE: re: Hypercard misfeature (I claim bu (Re: Msg 24722)
> From: NWOLF To: DDUNHAM
> Your painstaking obsession with curved quotes must serve some purpose
> other than beautifying Mac-produced documents, I'm sure. But I haven't
> figgered out just what. Nevertheless, I enjoy seeing the results of
> your inquisitions into the innersanctums of Macs and Macdoms [izzat a
> Mac kingdom or a Mac condom?] and various programmers' exploits of same
> - some with apparent disregard to hazardous reefs just below the
> MacSurface.
> Neil
> -----------------------------------
> 24740 13-JAN 21:44 HyperCard
> HyperCard/Easy Access mismatch
> From: DEWI To: ALL
> Command-Shift-Clear activates the "Mouse Keys" feature of Easy Access.
> Command-Clear is an undocumented "Delete Card" command (the manual mentions
> Command-Backspace, but not Command-Clear, in Chapter 7).
> Enough said? Blew away a card in one of my stacks because a finger missed the
> shift key. Unfortunately, aliasing Command-Clear to Command-Shift-Clear with
> QuicKeys doesn't work. If you use Easy Access for precision alignment, watch out
> for this "feature".
> Dewi
> -----------------------------------
> 24741 13-JAN 22:01 HyperCard
> RE: HyperCard/Easy Access mismatch (Re: Msg 24740)
> From: HALL To: DEWI (NR)
> Did you try using QuicKeys to have Command-clear make a menu selection? (Like
> getting the message box, or something similarly non-destructive.)
I seen you on Computer Chronicles. wicked.

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